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pumpkin,  and  beaus  (the  beans  are  large 
string  beans,  shelled,  but  green  J,  and  they 
are  as  nice  as  Limas,  and  very  nice  to 
make  into  succotash  in  Winter;  also  dried 
celery  and  parsley  for  soup  and  sage  for 
dressing.  The  early  frost  last  year  spoiled 
our  celery,  but  we  usually  store  over  100 
beads  in  the  cellar,  and  it  keeps  well. 
We  make  several  plantings  of  vegetables 
during  the  Summer,  so  have  fresh  rad¬ 
ishes.  lettuce,  etc.,  all  the  time.  From 
our  berry  patches  we  have  all  we  can  eat 
and  can.  and  a  good  many  quarts  to  sell 
to  pay  the  running  expenses.  We  raise 
Senator  Dunlap  strawberries,  Cuthbert 
red  raspberries  and  Plum  Farmer  black¬ 
caps,  and  a  few  Snyder  blackberries.  Last 
year  we  set  a  new  asparagus  bed  and 
quite  a  few  new  berries,  but  it  was  not 
a  very  good  Summer,  and  the  berries  did 
nor  do  well :  but  the  asparagus  grew  won¬ 
derfully.  We  set  one  and  two-year-old 
roots  and  some  old  ones  of  our  own  trans¬ 
planted.  In  Fall  the  bed  was  covered 
with  manure  and  lettuce  seed  sown  on 
top,  which  will  give  us  some  very  early 
lettuce  in  Spring.  MRS.  C.  J.  D. 
Insertion  and  Edging 
This  pattern  is  very  pretty  on  pillow 
cases  when  done  in  No.  60  white  crochet 
cotton.  The  edging  is  very  pretty  for 
aprons  and  small  girls’  petticoats.  It 
works  up  very  quickly. 
Insertion — Ch  35,  turn. 
First  Row— 1  dc  in  4th  from  hook,  1 
de  in  next  eh,  ch  2,  skip  2,  3  dc  in  next 
3  ch,  skip  6.  ch  6  (1  dc,  2  ch,  1  de,  2  ch, 
1  dc.  2  eh,  ldc)  in  7th  ch,  ch  6,  skip  6, 
3  de  in  3  ch,  2  cli,  skip  2,  3  dc  in  3  ch, 
ch  3,  turn. 
Second  Row — 2  dc,  ch  2,  3  dc,  6  cli  (1 
se,  3  dc,  1  sc)  in  each  gr  of  2  ch  below 
ch  6,  3  dc,  2  ch,  3  dc,  3  ch,  turn. 
Third  Row — 2  dc,  2  ch,  3  dc,  ch  6  (1 
dc,  2  ch,  1  dc,  2  eh,  I  dc,  2  ch,  1  dc)  in 
center  of  center  group  of  (lsc,  3  dc,  1  sc) 
in  row  below7,  ch  6,  3  dc,  2  ch,  3  dc,  3  ch, 
turn. 
Fourth  Row — Same  as  second  row7,  re¬ 
peat  nn til  length  desired. 
Abbreviation  of  stitches:  gr,  group;  st, 
stitch  ;  ch.  chain  ;  sc,  single  crochet ;  dc, 
double  crochet. 
Edging — Ch  17, ,  I  dc  in  4th  ch  from 
book,  1  dc  in  next  stitch,  skip  2,  ch  2,  3 
dc  in  next  3  ch,  ch  6  ( 1  dc,  2  ch,  1  dc,  2 
ch.il  dc,  2  ch,  1  dc)  in  last  st  of  ch,  turn. 
Second  Row — 1  sc,  3  dc,  1  sc  in  1st  gr 
of  2  ch,  repeat  in  remaining  2  groups,  ch 
6,  2  dc  over  ch  below7  3  dc  in  3  dc,  2  ch,; 
3  de,  ch  3.  turn. 
Third  Row — 2  dc,  ch  2,  5  dc  in  5  dc, 
2  de  over  ch.  ch  6  ( 1  dc,  2  ch,  1  dc,  2  ch, 
1  dc,  2  ch,  1  dc)  in  middle  gr  of  (1  sc, 
3  dc,  1  se)  in  row  below,  turn. 
Fourth  Row7 — (lsc,  3  dc,  1  sc)  in  each 
gr  of  2  eh,  ch  6,  0  dc,  ch  2,  3  dc,  ch  3, 
turn. 
Fifth  Row — 2  de,  ch  2,  11  dc,  ch  6  (1 
dc,  2  ch,  1  dc,  2  ch,  1  dc,  2  ch,  1  de)  in 
middle  of  center  gr  of  (1  sc,  3  dc,  1  sc) 
below,  turn. 
Sixth  Row — (1  sc,  3  dc,  1  sc)  in  each 
gr  of  2  eh,  ch  6,  13  dc,  ch  2,  3  dc,  eh  3, 
turn. 
'Seventh  Row — 2  dc,  ch  2,  3  dc,  ch  6  (1 
dc,  2  ch,  1  dc,  2  ch,  1  de.  2  ch,  1  dc)  in 
13th  dc  in  row  below.  Continue  design. 
MRS.  ELWIN  CHASE.  . 
Tennessee  Notes 
Our  'neighborhood  has  been  in  the 
grippe  or  "flu”  throes  for  w7eeks,  our 
own  family  included.  And  when  one 
thinks  they  are  just  about  w7ell,  a  setback, 
and  the  last  siege  has  been  worse  than 
the  first.  Meanwhile,  it’s  pills,  salve, 
throat  lotions,  hot  water,  etc.,  and  if 
misery  loves  company  we  are  surely  not 
alone  in  our  affliction.  _  I  got  out  of  the 
house  long  enough  this  morning  to  set 
two.  hens,  rather  early,  blit  they  say  set 
the  first  one  in  the  new7  year  for  luck, 
and  as  we  need  a  change  I  thought  I 
would  double  the  dose — which  w7ill  be 
the  loss  of  30  eggs  and  the  hens’  time, 
no  doiibr.  hut,  nothing  ventured,  nothing 
won. 
Last  Saturday  a  hawk  killed  a  nice  fat 
hen.  One  of  the  boys  found  her  too  late 
to  save  her  life,  but  they  took  the  head, 
wings,  etc-.,  staked  some  traps  around 
them,  and  in  a  few  hours  caught  Brother 
Hawk,  who  Will  never  again  chase- a  ben. 
We  live  in  the  edge  of  some  timbered 
7ht  RURAL  NEW. YORKER 
land,  and  the  hawks  sit  up  in  the  tops  of 
(he  trees.  When  they  get  a  good  chance, 
down  they  sWoop,  and  off  they  go  with 
the  poor  helpless  chicken’s  "cheep,  cheep,” 
ringing  back,  and  we  and  the  mother  hen 
in  pursuit,  yelling  as  loud  as  we  can,  but 
it  is  seldom  the  long,  crooked  claws  drop 
their  prey  unless  one  of  the  boys  hap¬ 
pen  to  be  handy  with  a  gun,  and  gives 
them  a  load  of  shot.  Yes,  I  make  scare¬ 
crows,  burn  old  shoes,  and  have  kept  a 
river  rock  in  the  fire.  The  last  was  my 
aged  grandmother’s  charm,  and  she  said: 
“Honey,  the  hawks  can’t  catch  your 
chickens  as  long  as  that  rock  is  hot,”  but 
they  did.  And  they  have  swooped  down 
and  picked  them  up  right  at  my  feet  al¬ 
most  w7hen  I  w7as  feeding  the  chickens ; 
hunger  makes  anyone  bold,  I  suppose, 
but,  well,  I  surely  hate  hawks  and  crows. 
The  latter  do  not  bother  young  chickens 
often,  but  they  steal  eggs  and  will  watch 
a  turkey  hen  and  often  beat  us  to  the 
nest.  They  are  more  easily  frightened 
than  hawks,  and  some  pieces  of  paper, 
strings  or  tin  hung  up  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  nest  will  send  them  away  for  a  while 
at  least. 
The  sun  is  making  a  feeble  effort  to 
break  out  from  behind  the  mist  and 
clouds  for  the  first  time  in  five  days. 
Last  week  I  finished  a  tufted  coverlet, 
though  Lee  did  the  clipping.  This  week 
I  batted  cotton  for  a  comfort,  I  am  not 
an  extra  good  hand,  but  I  needed  the 
bats.  It  was  awkward  at  first,  but  finally 
I  found  (he  knack  of  rolling  them  off  the 
cards,  so  I  have  a  great  big  fluffy  heap 
to  use  just  as  soon  as  this  old  side  gets 
better. 
Now  there  is  a  hooked  rug  in  the  frame 
staring  me  in  the  face,  a  shirt  to  make  for 
one  of  the  boys,  a  coat  sleeve  to  sew  in. 
Upstairs  and  down  looks  like  they  were 
thunderstruck,  and  me — well,  I'm  taking 
life  easy.  The  men  folks  are  trying  to 
get  in  some  wood  before  it  rains  again. 
Lee  and  Thelma  are  in  school.  Paul  has 
never  quite  recovered  from  the  effects  of 
his  spell  of  fever  yet,  and  even  the  cat— 
*yc  thought  so  much  of  him — took  the 
"flu  ’  and  died.  At  least  lie  coughed,  but 
the  rats  are  real  healthy  and  very  noisy 
since  Tom’s  departure,  and  Lee  will  have 
to  hunt  up  his  rat  traps  and  thin  them 
out. 
The  soap  making  is  finished  up,  and 
one  will  have  soon  to  begin  plans  for  the 
garden.  Irish  potatoes  were  rather 
scarce  here  last  year,  and  we,  as  well  as 
others,  will  haye  to  hunt  our  seed.  Cab¬ 
bage  scarcely  enough  for  chow-chow. 
Everyone  is  going  tobacco  wild,  and 
this  rail  may  see  many  depleted  purses 
and  empty  cribs;  but  that’s  in  the  future, 
which  I  hope  to  one  and  all  will  bring 
happiness  and  prosperity. 
MRS.  D.  B.  I\ 
Reading  to  Children 
In  a  recent  article  in  The  Ii.  NAY., 
signed  “A  Farmer’s  Wife,”  the  above  sub¬ 
ject  was  well  taken  up,  and  as  I  have  had 
good  results  from  this  course  1  thought 
well  to  write  my  experience. 
I  have  two  daughters,  one  24  years  old, 
married,  living  in  the  Western  part  of 
New  York. State,  and  the  other  one  16 
years  old,  a  junior  in  a  eo-educationffl 
seminary.  From  their  early  childhood  it 
was  my  practice,  first  to  tell  them  stories, 
and  as  their  minds  developed,  to  read 
aloud  to  them.  Some  of  the  most  profit¬ 
able  hours  of  ray  life  were  spent  that 
way.  When  quite  young  the  girls  devel¬ 
oped  a  very  good  command  of  English, 
and  expressed  themselves,  both  in  writing 
and  speaking,  quite  correctly. 
The  older  girl  was  head  of  the  English 
department  in  the  high  school  where  she 
taught  before  her  marriage,  and  for  a 
while  afterward,  and  the  second  girl  is 
assistant  librarian  in  the  seminary  she 
attends.  1  feel  that  their  taste  for  Eng¬ 
lish  and  their  love  of  good  reading  has 
been  helped  very  much  by  the  time  I 
spent  reading  to  them  when  their  ideas 
were  being  formed.  The  Aleott  books, 
“The  Birds’  Christmas  Carol.”  “Black 
Beauty,”  “Princess  Sukey”  (the  story  of 
a  pigeon),  “Rebecca  of  SunnybrOok 
Farm.’  and  “New  Chronicles  of  Rebec¬ 
ca,”  “Fanny  Crosby’s  Life  Story,”  were 
among  the  many  they  heard  me  read 
aloud  to  them. 
When  our  second  girl  was  about  12 
she  came  home  from  school  one  day,  very 
ranch  surprised  that  some  of  the  children 
had  never  heard  of  the  “Birds’  Christmas 
Carol.”  Stories  of  the  Indians,  Revolu- 
tionar7'  times,  and  experiences  of  people 
traveling  across  country  in  wagons  before 
the  railroads  came  in  were  always  en¬ 
joyed  by  them.  All  too  short  is  the  time 
children  are  with  us.  for  they  grow  up 
quickly  and  go  from  us.  and  it  is  for  us 
to  make  the  most  of  the  time  we  have 
them.  minister’s  wife. 
Mending  Bag  Cloth 
The  subject  of  using  bags  is  almost 
worn  out;  this  bint  I  have  never  seen 
in  print.  Some  of  the  bags  are  all  good, 
except  where  the  bag  has  caught  on  a 
nail,  leaving  a  ragged  hole,  perhaps  no 
larger  than  a  pea.  A  patch  will  not  look 
well.  The  thought  came  to  try  the  ravel- 
ings  of  the  cloth.  They  were  placed  over 
the  hole,  on  what  was  to  be  the  wrong 
side;  the  ravelings  running  the  same  way 
as  the  filling  of  the  cloth.  Then  stitch 
with  the  sewing  machine  the  opposite 
way  that  the  raveling  are  laid,  all  .over 
the  hole,  close  together  until  the  hole  is 
all  stitched  over.  Trim  ravelings  off. 
After  being  laundered  the  patch  hardly 
showed  on  the  right  side  of  the  cloth. 
JENNIE  FIND. 
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